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Bug 744157 - Tip about subaccount is confusing
Tip about subaccount is confusing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Documentation
2.6.5
Other Windows
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnucash-documentation-maint
gnucash-documentation-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-02-08 05:07 UTC by Per Boussard
Modified: 2018-06-29 23:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Update tip of the day re opening subaccounts (4.96 KB, patch)
2016-02-22 07:35 UTC, Chris Good
none Details | Review

Description Per Boussard 2015-02-08 05:07:55 UTC
The following tip got me confused: 
"Want to see all your subaccount transactions in one register? From the main menu, highlight the parent account and select Accounts -> Open Subaccounts from the menu."

I either misunderstand which context this can be used in or the tip is wrong in its wording.

When in the "accounts" tab, just after opening the application, if I select an account, the menues avilable does not include one called "Accounts", but rather a "View" menu, which contains an "Open Subaccounts" entry. On the other hand, there is a context menu (right-click the account that has sub-accounts), which has an "Open Subaccounts".

So, unless I'm confused about the context in which I could use the tip, a better wording should be either or both of

"select View -> Open Subaccounts", and "right-click -> Open Subaccounts".

I'm not in love with the term "right-click". What you do is to "post" or "show" a context-menu -- on a mac its done using control-click, or possibly a click-hold or long-click, but I guess it's better to describe UI-actions in terms of what you do, rather than how to do it, but then again, in a tip-of-the-day, or any other documentation, it's sometimes exactly the purpose to teach the user _how_ to do things.

The About box shows my version os 2.6.5 with the following build information: git rev 23d0f79+ on 2014-12-19
Comment 1 Geert Janssens 2015-02-08 16:12:48 UTC
Thank you for reporting this. The wording of the tip is indeed no longer in line with the way the menus are currently structured. And in addition it doesn't make sense to "highlight the parent account from the main menu". That sentence somehow got rather twisted.

Personally I prefer the "select View -> Open Subaccounts" format.
Comment 2 Chris Good 2016-02-21 06:52:11 UTC
At the same time as fixing the tip mentioned in this bug, I want to make a few minor changes to other tips. One I'm not sure about:

If you work overnight, you should close and reopen your working register after midnight, to get the new date as default for new transactions. It is not necessary to restart GnuCash therefore.

If you have multiple transaction registers open, is it necessary to reopen each, or just the one you are currently working in?
Comment 3 John Ralls 2016-02-21 15:53:01 UTC
It's not necessary to close any of them. You can always just enter the correct date. Closing and reopening just re-creates the blank transaction (the one you edit to make a new one) with the current date.
Comment 4 Chris Good 2016-02-21 19:36:40 UTC
I tested this by leaving my PC on overnight last night.
It is necessary to reopen each register that you want to have the default date updated. If you just reopen 1, any others do not have the default date updated.
Comment 5 Chris Good 2016-02-22 07:35:32 UTC
Created attachment 321806 [details] [review]
Update tip of the day re opening subaccounts

This is a patch to maint.
Comment 6 Geert Janssens 2016-02-22 15:43:09 UTC
Comment on attachment 321806 [details] [review]
Update tip of the day re opening subaccounts

Thanks for the changes. I have committed them to maint.
Comment 7 John Ralls 2018-06-29 23:38:26 UTC
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